This would be perfectly fine if they provided a refund, adjusted for inflation. I'm quite surprised that they haven't, it seems so obviously necessary to me.
I remember the first and only time I used browser stack, almost 10 years ago. I found myself logged into the Google account of somebody else. I could freely access their email, drive files, everything.
I had reported this to them, and they quickly dismissed it as impossible. The dismissal itself was enough proof for me of horrific practices.
Can anybody share their setup using 64GB macs? I have an M2 Ultra studio and I'm trying Qwen 3.5 MLX models hosting them from the CLI, but I'm a bit stuck picking bigger models, more context, 4/8 bits, Opus-Reasoning-Distilled, coder... There are a bit too many permutations between mlx CLI flags, env variables, and models.
Seems to me that the most important questions have barely been asked (I saw just one scrolling through that Twitter feed, unanswered):
1) Was any work done during time paid by the company?
2) Also, but I'd be flexible with this one, was work equipment used?
3) Was the developer able to produce this work thanks to what he learned from proprietary systems, at work?
It's easy to grab the pitchfork, I hate that contract clause as all of you do, but without clear information on the above this case could go either way.
When evaluating whether to buy something: is it worth the amount of hours of work that took me to be able to afford it? I know roughly how much money I make per hour (money into my bank account every year / how many days I work every year / how many hours per day I work). So, say that something costs 100£ and it takes me 3 hours to make that money; would I work 3 hours to buy it?
Also when buying something: sometimes I feel like under a spell, really wanting to make a purchase. Then I just sleep on it. Usually the day after the spell is gone, and I can better understand if I really want to buy that something or not.
When doing something new: I'm the kind of person that - when learning to draw - spends more time looking at the perfect paper and pencils than actually drawing. I'm sure some of you can relate. I enjoy this process, but the truth is that to learn to draw you don't need anything else than any piece of paper and any working pen/pencil. So, learn to recognise when you go too far off track and go back to actually learning how to draw. There will be a time to hunt for the perfect paper. If you don't want to go back drawing, maybe you didn't want it that much to begin with.
When spending money: spending money on things (objects) is almost always less worth than it feels. Unless it's a tool that you use (e.g. a DIY tool, or a kitchen knife, etc). Spending money on experiences (traveling, concerts, etc) and learning (books, courses, etc) is almost always more worth than it feels. Especially, as an introvert, there is something inside of me that tends to dodge "experiences".
To be happy: I learned this recently from the Dalai Lama. You should learn the difference between happiness and pleasure/desire, and prioritise the former. E.g. when looking for a job how ethical a company is and how good you'd fit is more important than the salary, job title, and prestige of a company.
I think this is due to where you are on the path of learning English, and maybe because people feel more comfortable asking to repeat something when you are talking amongst not natives. Also not natives speak slower.
Comes a point where you get so used to what is, admittedly, such a weird and non sensical pronunciation, that the same mistakes I used to make as an Italian native I don't understand at all from a Spanish native that doesn't pronounce as well as I'm used to. Only after I realise what the word is I understand where they are coming from.
Also the every day vocabulary is not that big and fancy, I tend to use some "fancy" words sometimes just because that's the word I would have used in Italian, and it's correct in English, but not widely known. Then again I'm now reading Stephen king and having to use the dictionary every few pages, just because something is mostly obvious by the context but I want to double check.